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Lowcountry Boil

Lowcountry Boil

This is one of my all time favorites! Coming from the coast, I grew up eating shrimp fresh off the boat. Unfortunately finding a good price on shrimp in the upstate is much harder than I imagined. So when one of the local stores had it for $4.99/lb I was all over it!

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This recipe is by no means original, it’s a classic in Charleston, this is just my version. You can vary all measurements to fit your crowd. This fed 3 adults and 3 kids with plenty of leftovers. I would say this serves 4-6 adults easily.

This is one where you will get a little messy; we usually serve it for a big crowd outside on a newspaper covered picnic table and all hands just dive in. You will want the shrimp to still have the peels, it locks in the flavor!

Directions:

1. Bring pot of water to a boil, add in seasoning
2. Add in potatoes, boil for 10 min
3. After 10 min add in sausage, boil 5 more minutes
4. Add in corn, boil 5 more minutes
5. Last but not least, add in shrimp cook no more than 8 min but my shrimp were done in 4. The last thing you want is overcooked shrimp!!!!

I’d love to know how you like it! What would you add in? I have also heard of this being made with crawfish instead of shrimp in the gulf.